DEPARTMENT OF TECHNICAL

EDUCATION ANDHRA PRADESH

Name : K. Chandra Sekhar
Designation : Associate Lecturer
Branch : DCCP
Institute : C I C, Tarnaka, Hyd.
Year/Semester : V Semester
Subject : Relational Database
Management System
Subject Code : CCP-505
Topic : Understand the Capabilities of
RDBMS
Duration : 50 Minutes
Sub-Topic : Explain CODD’s Rules for RDBMS
Teaching Aids : PPT, Animation, Photographs
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Objectives

On Completion of this period, you would be

able to know :
 What are CODD Rules
 List the CODD Rules
 Explanation about rules 1 to 6

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Structure

 CODD Rules
 List of CODD Rules
 The Information rule
 The rule of guaranteed access
 The systematic Treatment of null values
 The Data base description rule
 The comprehensive data
 Sub-language rule
 The view updating rule
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Recap

 In our previous class we have learned

 Various advantages offered by RDBMS
 How they are useful to maintain Data
 What is data independence
 Importance of Data Security

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CODD Rules

1. The Information Rule

2. The Rule of guaranteed access
3. The systematic treatment of all null values
4. The Database description rule
5. The Comprehensive data sub-language rule
6. The View Updating rule

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CODD Rules…..
7. The Insert and Update rule
8. The Physical independence rule
9. The Logical data Independence rule
10. Integrity Independence rule
11. Distribution rule
12. No Subversion rule

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1. The Information Rule

1) All information is explicitly and logically

represented as data values in tables.

2) From these rules it is clear that if a data

does not exist in a table in the database
then it is not present at all.

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2. The Rule of guaranteed access

1) Every item of data must be logically

addressable with the help of a table name,
primary key value and column name.

2) By this, we understand that any individual

item or record can be retrieved by a
knowledge of the table name, primary key
value of the row and the column name
where it is to be found.

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3. The Systematic treatment of all null values

1) The DBMS must support null values to represent

missing or inapplicable information

2) It should be independent of data type.

3) An important aspect that should be noted here is

that NULL is different from space or zeros.

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4. The Database description rule

1) A description of the database is maintained

using the same logical structures with which
data was defined by the DBMS.

2) These are accessible by users with

appropriate authority and are stored in the
data dictionary.

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5. The Comprehensive data
sub-language rule
According to this rule, the system must
support the following
 Data Definition

 View Definition

 Data Manipulation

 Integrity Constraints

 Authorization

 Transaction Management operators

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6. The View Updating rule

The user should be able to update the data

through any available view

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Summary
 List of CODD Rules(12 in Numbers) are provided
to maintain the standards of Data base.
 The Data base which strictly flows the CODD rules
is categorized as RDBMS package.
 Any software to be called as RDBMS must follow
the CODD rules.
 Codd rules covered in this lesson are
 The Information rule, The rule of guaranteed
access
 The systematic Treatment of all null values, The
Database description rule, The Comprehensive
data sub-language rule, The view updating rule
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Quiz

12
1. CODD Rules are ____in number
2. Any package to be categorized as RDBMS
CODD'S rules
package must follow _________
3. Null value must be supported by RDBMS
TRUE/FALSE TRUE

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Examination Questions

 Explain the following CODD'S rules

 Information rule
 Rule of guaranteed access
 Systematic treatment of Null values
 Database description
 Comprehensive data sublanguage
 View updating rule

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